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HTC Sues Apple Using Patents Obtained From Google (Bloomberg)HTC Sues Apple Using Patents Obtained From Google (Bloomberg)Posted Sep 8, 2011 9:59 UTC (Thu) by Wol (guest, #4433)In reply to: HTC Sues Apple Using Patents Obtained From Google (Bloomberg) by sgros Parent article: HTC Sues Apple Using Patents Obtained From Google (Bloomberg)
Depends on the deed of sale.
If Google placed a covenant on the sale that the patents can't be asserted against android kit, or can't be asserted in a first strike, or whatever whatever ... that's all totally legit.
Snag is a victim wouldn't know - we'd be relying on Google to intervene and say "you can't do that" - a bit like Novell intervened in SCOG v IBM and said "you can't do that" - and that took a while before IBM actually benefited any from it :-(
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